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What is an order of magnitude? Why are orders of magnitude useful? Give an example to explain.
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An order of magnitude is the power of 10 nearest to the quantity we are considering. It is represented in scientific notation. For example, the number 40,113.497 is approximately 4.0113497 x 10^4 in scientific notation. This is the order of magnitude of the Show more…
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